Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-07-29

my o,4VO III grain tnlS year, which wi
average between % and 80 bushels t
the acre. At say q bushels to tn
acre, he will produce l72,SOO bushels
which, at % cents bushel, will b
$95,O40.
The Northern Pacific is soon to pu
on the road a number of the yer
largest and latest improved passenge
engines; there will be fourteen Of thes
machines from the Baldwin locomo
tive works. They will have tn,
straight stack, with the patent spark
arrestor, extension front and eighteen
inch cylinder
1t is understood that the O. r. & n
Co. will bring suit against the owner
OF the steamer Fleetuood for damagel
to the Hayward in Saturdays collision
The company claim that the latte
boat had the right Of way, and that i
was violation Of all known marin,
rules for the F7eetuood to attemp
crossing the Hayward's bow.
Peter Stockand came near getting
killed by falling brick few DAYS age
at Port Townsend. He was workin.
on house when pile of bricks over
head started to roll; another workman
called to him, but being hard of hear
ing, he knew nothing OF it till one O
the bricks struck him on the back o.
the head. He was badly cut ano
bruised.
The Northern Pacific has issued a
new tariff, making rates between Port
land and all points on the Cascade di
vision, via Tacoma. These ire yer,
much lower than the rates previously
in effect over the o. X. & n, via Wal
lula. To Ellensburg and North Yak
ina, via Tacoma, the reduction is fully
fifty per cent. This tariff took effect
on July 25th.
Joseph Virpond, a miner of Car.
bonadO, was instantly killed Thursday
of last week, by being run over by a
coal car. 1t seems that Virpond, with
some others, was coming from the
mine after a nights work, pushing
some empty cars before them, when
the engine, coming suddenly around
a curve, struck him before he could
get out of the way.
w. P. Gray, of Pasco, has received
the following from Traffic Manager
Hannaford, of the Northern Pacific
railroad: " If you can arrange to get a
line OF steamers to run in connection
with us at Pasco, We will agree to &C
cept ~ per ton from Pasco to Tacoma
on wheat delivered to us by boats, and
will also agree that if rates are made
lower than s. per ton by the o. X. &
N. company, or any opposition line
from the Territory reached by these
steamers, to stand proportionate re-
duction of our 81 rate from Pasco."
P0st-InteNigencer: "You may say"
said F. NJ. Dudley, last Friday, that
Mr.. Mcknight has accepted the APP
pointment rendered him of general
counsel for the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company at st. Paul, and that
he has already entered upon the dis
charge of those duties. His family
will join him in a few weeks, but
whether he will come back to Seattle
before moving his family east cannot
say. As soon as l can arrange my
business here shall join him. l think
he is one OF the best lawyers in the
United States, and that company evil
IDENTIFY thinks the same thing, as they
had the whole country from which to
select their counsel, and the salary is
such that few men practicing law in
this country would not accept it,"
The steamers Emma Hayward and
Fleetwood, rs they were leaving the
dock, at Tacoma, Saturday morning,
for Seattle, had collision. They came
together with a terrible crash, the
Hayward striking the Fleetwood in the
side near her pilot house. The Fleet
rood careened and the panic-stricken
passengers rushed here and there for a
moment as they thought the steamer
was sinking. The two steamers kept
together till it was found that no great
damage was done except the breaking
of some woodwork. Both proceeded
on their way down Sound. A Ledger
reporter interviewed nearly two dozen
persons upon the wharf as to the cause
of the collision, and all said it was the
fault of the Fleetwood, which attempt.
ed to cross the bow of the Hayward,
which steamer had the right of way
Ledger.
On the 18th inst, J. NJ. Ogle sold
for $4,000 to Mr.. Jacobs, of Wis
consin, the l6O-acre farm upon which
the former now resides, and which he
purchased from Mr.. Davis and his
partner not long since for $40, 500.
This was originally the presumption
claim of H. c. Temple, who some sew
en- or eight years ago sold it with some
other land, now comprising portion
of Ezra Meeker's farm, to the last
named gentleman for $4,000. Since
that time it has passed through sever
al hands, until it became the property
of Mr.. Jacobs, who has thus acquired
possession of one of the best farms in
Pierce county. AS illustrating the
rise in the value of Puyallup property
it may be said, OH the basis OF this
sale, that the property bought of Tenn
pie by Ezra Meeker seven years ago